How PANCAS™ or PANAMA™ works:

See a video from recent PANCAS™ testing with the FAA Pathfinder program. A Cessna approached at an undisclosed time and location. Above our position (not in view) is a UAV equipped with PANCAS™. PANCAS™ detected the incoming Cessna, and we turned our camera (er, smart phone) to where PANCAS™ was pointing. Please see and hear the video.

Can you hear the airplane? Can you spot the airplane before it’s too late? You will notice that PANCAS™ heard the airplane long before you did, and warned our UAV in plenty of time to get out of the way

Functionality

How does a remote pilot know if some airplane is approaching his UAS? Answering this question has been one of the major roadblocks preventing UAS operations Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS). Cooperative aircraft broadcast their position via ADS-B, and services are available to provide that information to UAS operators. Non-Cooperative aircraft require an onboard sensor that can detect aircraft kilometers away, yet still be small, lightweight and low power.

PANCAS™ In the FAA Pathfinder report, PANCAS™ was identified as the first non-cooperative aircraft sensor that satisfies these requirements.

PANAMA™ The PANAMA™ system uses hardware similar to PANCAS™, but the system offers a sense and avoid capability fine-tuned to military operations, such as manned-unmanned teaming and operating under Due-Regard.

To read about SARA’s PANCAS™ in the FAA Pathfinder Focus Area 2, Phase 3 report (page 7 (item 3) and page 38, last full paragraph), please go to
www.faapathfinderreport.com

To discuss how PANCAS™ or PANAMA™ might integrate into your platform, or to discuss other acoustic solutions for your missions, please
contact us.

SARA has developed the only systems for non-cooperative aircraft detection yet identified by the FAA as likely enabling Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations in the US National Airspace. SARA’s acoustic-based aircraft detection system was identified as such by the FAA’s Pathfinder report in spring of 2018 and is immediately available for custom integration with qualified Fixed-Wing Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Air Systems (UASs). It is soon to be available for Vertical Take Off & Landing (VTOL) UASs and Drones.

For US government applications, SARA has been collaborating with the relevant US Navy “PMA” on a program known as PANAMA™.

For commercial applications, SARA has been collaborating on a product known as PANCAS™ with PrecisionHawk, an industry leader in extended Line of Sight drone operations for a range of industries including agriculture, energy, insurance, government and construction.www.precisionhawk.com/bvlos

PANCAS™ or PANAMA™ consists of a small array of lightweight SARA-unique acoustic sensors and processing. Should a nearby aircraft be detected as “too close” the SARA system either works automatically with the host UAV to implement the best maneuvers or sends an alert to the operator through the existing UAV downlink.

For US government UAS, UAV or drone applications, PANAMA might enable “due
regard” to
civilian and military operations in shared airspaces

For Commercial UAS, UAV or drone applications, PANCAS™ might enable those
organizations wishing to sell or engage BVLOS operations to secure an FAA
BVLOS
waiver then operate reliably in the US National Airspace